There are industrial switches that last practically forever. I've made some test robots for wearing out limit switches and the decent ones could be hammered constantly for days on end without a single miss.
Another component that doesn't wear out is a photo gate. It doesn't click or spring, though.
Actually just a decent keyboard switch would probably put up with a lot.
But it's cheaper to go cheap and you get more repeat business.
Mostly only the charger cares. A tool often only has power contacts. Something "smarter" like a camera with battery life gauges in the menu etc will most likely want to talk to the battery.
But if the company thinks the extra cost in manufacture is worth it, they'll probably choose evil.
I like lineage, too. But there's a long list of security and privacy features that it doesn't get you. Not to mention that the chipset EOL is going to end firmware updates, usually quickly. And the model support is impressive, but still spotty.
This is the important bit. Talking about updates on OS level is kind of confusing and hiding the fact that it's the chipset going EOL in old devices and not the system.
Firmware gets obsolete, not software, is closer to the right idea.
Yes, that's nothing like any Tesla. It's gigantic and blunt, not streamlined in any way. Mostly really looks like a Passat. Which is not bad, since at least it looks like a car unlike all the mammoths coming out these days.
It's really nice how nicely electric torque in general works in cars. Even really weak sounding ev is usually comfortable in common traffic. Where the power becomes limiting is accelerating on highways or such. Daily drive mostly just takes some torque. We're just so used to thinking small engines are annoying, but that's just an ICE problem, like idling and direction changes and waste heat output.
Sarge came out 2005. I thought it would have been a bit older, but looks like the 90s releases were longer. I've probably been an admin of every release at some time.
It's easy to charge less than your entire battery. Don't run it empty and/or don't charge it full. The top part of the capacity is going to be slow to charge anyway.
But an hour's ride on one charge sounds like a very small battery, so it's weird that the recharge would take that long.
There are industrial switches that last practically forever. I've made some test robots for wearing out limit switches and the decent ones could be hammered constantly for days on end without a single miss.
Another component that doesn't wear out is a photo gate. It doesn't click or spring, though.
Actually just a decent keyboard switch would probably put up with a lot.
But it's cheaper to go cheap and you get more repeat business.